Animated toy.



A. GUND.

ANIMATED TOY.

` y APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 1914. 1,146,700. Patented my 13, 1915.

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A. GUN.

ANIMATED TOY.

I APPUCATION FILED DEC- 9. 1914. 1,146,700.,

Patented July 13, 1915.

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Adolf Gund OHNE Y AnoLF Grunn, kor `NEW YORKQN. Y.

i NMATED TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jaime, i915.

Application filed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,282.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ADoLr GUND, a subject of the German Emperor, and aresident of the city of'New York, borough of they BronX, yin thecountyof Bronx and State of New York, have `invented a new and'Inrv provedAnimated Toy, of which the following is a full', clear, and eXactdescription;

The invention relates to spring motor actuated toys, and its object isto provide a new and improved animated toy, preferably simulating^ ahuman being oran animal, and arranged'to creep or walk along a floor,ta-l ble xor other support. -f i In ord'erto accomplish the ldesiredresult, use is made of 'a' driven crank shaft'andfour angular levershaving depending members and longitudinal members, the latterjbeingpivotally connected with'the cranks yof the said shaft, the levers1being mounted krto swing and to slide on fixed pivots, and thedepending members of the said levers being adaptedto travel on a floor,table or other support.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying ydrawings forming a part of this specification, in which'similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'the`views.

Figure 1 is a pe1'spective`-view ofthe animated toy simulating acreepingjbabyf, Fig. f

2 is a similar viewof the animated toy simulating a ,walking animal;Fig. i 3 l isy an en# larged side elevation Vof vrtheactuating mechanism.with onesideof the framelorrcasing removed; Fig. 'i is asectional sideeleva-y tion of the sameon the linel--i` of Fig.y 5; and Fig. 5 is'fasectional plan view of the same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The hollow, ,body A ofthe animated toy may be r'of any approved shape,for instance, .v asshown in Fig. l, the saidVbo'dyfA simuvy lates acreeping baby having `articulated arms A l and bent legs A2, of whichThe hands are approximately spread"r out y'hori- Zontally and extendinthe same'plane with the knees -ofthe" legs, and thep' hands and kneesare preferably;provided at the under sidek withrubber pads A3, `A,`adapted to' Contacty witha floor, tablel or other surface along whichthe baby "is toereep'.'` The hollow body A, as shown 2, simulates awalking animal havingarticulate'd front legs A5 and hind legsl A6,preferablyy provided at the solesoffthe ,feetwithfrub-y ber pads A'I andA8, adapted tocontact with a liioor, table or other surface along whichthe animal is to walk. f

1Within the hollow body A of the ani-y mated toy is secured a frame orcasing B, provided with a central compartment B and two sidecompartments B2, and in the rear end of the said frame or casing B isjournaled a winding-up shaft C for winding up a springD secured at itsinner end to the saidshaft C and fastened at its outer end to the bottomof the frame or casingy B. One endl of the shaft C extends through thec'orrespondingside of the body A to the outsidefof the'latter, and theouter end'of this shaft@ is made polygonal for the application of a keyE to permit of turning lthe shaft Cvwith a view to wind up the spring D.

`The spring D is located in the central compartment B of the frame orcasing B and onk the shaft C adjacent the said spring issecured a gearwheel F in mesh with a pinion F secured on a transversely extend-- ingcrank shaft Grv providedy at its ends with crankarms G and G2 extendingwithin the side compartments vB2 of the frame or casing B. lThe crankarms G and G2 are connected with longitudinal members II of leversI-Ihaving depending members H2 to which the arms of the baby or thefront legs AA5 of-the animal are secured. Each lever II is provided withan upwardly and rearwardly inclined slot IIS engaged by` a pivot pin Isecured to the casing By within the ,corresponding outer compartment B2.The crankarms G and G2 are also pivotally connected with longitudinalmembers J of levers I having depending members J2 attached to the legsA2of the baby or the rear legsA of the animal. The upper-end of eachleverVJ vis provided with a forwardly and ,upwardly extending slotJ3 intowhich projects a'pivot pin I attached tothe frame or casing within thecorresponding outer compartment B2. The members H2 and J 2 of the leversII and extend throughslots B2-`formed in the bottom of the casing B toguide the ,said membersu H2 and ,J2 during their .forward and backwardmovement, as hereinafter more, fully explained., Ther dependingmembersILI2 and J 2 are slightly bentk outwardlysoas tol give thedesired stability tothe animated Atoy..,

order ,to theek i the l rotary movementr slide on the said supportduring their forform of a train of Vgear wheels, of which the first gearwheel K is secured on the shafty G within the central compartment B, andthe said gear wheel K is in mesh with a pinion K secured on a shaft K2journaled on the frame orncasing B. Onthe shaft K2 is secured a gearwheel K3 vin mesh with a pinion K4 secured on a transverse shaft K5journaled in the frame or casing B, and on the said shaftK5 is secured agear wheel K6 in mesh with a pinion K1 securedon a trans` verse shaft K8journaled in the casingB. It willbe noticed that when the spring D iswound up by the-key E and the latter is releasedor removed then theshaft C is rotated and drives the crank shaft Gr in the diretionof thearrow a, so that the crank arms G yand G2 impart a rocking motion totlie'levers H and J, and at ther same time impart a sliding motion tothe said levers on the pivot pins I and I. The crank arms G and kG2extend diametrically one relatively to the other so ythat the movementgiven toy other rear lever J. By locating the springv D in the rearportion of the frame or casing B the latter is slightly overweighted yatits rearend relative to thefront end thereof and consequently thedepending members H2 of the front levers H are lifted off the floor,table or other support during their forward swinging movement while thedepending members J2 of the rear levers J ward movement. It isunderstood that when the depending members H2 and J2 of the levers H andJ have reached the end of their forward stroke they serve as fulcrumsfor moving the body A forward, the levers sliding on the pivots I and I.lIt is understood that as the arms and legs of the baby er animal movewiththe depending members H2 yand J2 of the levers a creeping orwalkingmotion isv given to the said bodies. By,

lifting the depending members H2 and consequently the arms Af and thefront legs A5 of the animated toy a ready forward progress is made asthe pads A3, A7 are lifted clear of any slight obstruction'that may bein the path.` rIhe pads yA4L and A2` on the legs A2 or the rear legs A8are readily dragged in a forward direction over the surface. and thusovercome any slight obstacle that may be in their path without causingthe tof)7 to come .to a stop.

By the use of the train of gear wheels K to KV8 above described apractically uniform speed is given to the crank shaft G to insure auniform forward movement of the animatedtoy as long as the spring D iswound up. n

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. An animated toy providedl with a posi-` tively driven crank shaft,levers arranged in pairs one pair on each side of the toy, the levershaving depending members and longitudinally-extending members, thelongitudinal members of each pair of levers being connected with thesaid crank shaft, and fixed pivotson which the said levers are mountedto swing and to slide.

2.'An"animated toy, comprising a body having movable limbs, a framewithin the said body, a driven Vcrank shaft journaled in the said frame,leversarranged in pairs, one

the said frame, levers arranged in pairs, one

pair on each side of the frame, the levers having depending membersengaging the said limbs and they levers having longitudinal membersconnected with the said crank shaft, the upper ends of the levers beingprovided with slots and pivots fixed on the said frame and engaging thesaid slots.

4. An animated toy, comprising a body, front and rear limbs pivotallyand slidably mounted in the body, the rear limbs being bent and meansfor operating the limbs, the operatingjmeans'being so ,arranged in thebody as to overbalance the rear end relative to the `front end, wherebythek front limbs will be lifted and moved forwardly and the rear bentlimbs dragged forwardly. Y

5. An animated toy, comprising a body having movablefront and rear pairsof articulated limbs, a spring motor mounted in the rear end of the saidbody to overbalance the rear end relative to the front end of the body,a transverse crank shaft journaled on the said frame and driven from thesaid motor, and levers mounted to swing and tol slide bodily on the saidframe, the said levers being pivotally connected with the said crankshaft and rigidly with the said limbs tocausethe rear limbs to drag overa support and the front legs to vexecute a step motion. y l

r6. In an animated toy, a driven shaft hav- 'l ing crankarms at itsends, and front and the front limbs having upwardly and rearwardlyinclined slots and the rear limbs having upwardly and forwardly inclinedslots, 15 the said slots receiving the pivot pins.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF GUND.

rear pairs of pivotally and slidably mounted limbs, the limbs havingprojecting members rigid therewith and connected with the cranks of theshaft, the rigid projecting members of the limbs on the same side beingconnected with the same crank arm.

7 In an animated toy, a body, a driven shaft mounted in the body andhaving cranks at its ends, Xed pivots in the body, and front and rearpairs of limbs having rigid horizontal members connected with the cranksof the said shaft, the upper ends of Witnesses:

THEO. Cr.y I-Ios'rnn, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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